ND Operator

Main Functions

The Rig Operator organizes the rig crew (Floor Hands and Derrick Hands), conducts Job Safety Meetings, delegates the collection of materials and equipment needed to perform the contracted services, drives the Rig to the work site, operates the rig and equipment and directs the crew to set-up and prepare the rig for the tasks to be performed.

Directs the assigned floor hands and derrick hands to safely perform the service tasks contracted by a client utilizing the equipment provided by the employer; documents services performed, the billable supplies used during the process and the time elapsed while performing the contracted services. The Rig Operator uses specialized equipment to guide instruments, tubing, and casing down holes. He must keep his working environment in a clean and organized fashion and is responsible for ensuring that all the equipment he uses is in proper working order.

Operators’ duties also include cleaning, fueling, repairing, and maintaining workover rig equipment to include greasing, changing oils and lubricants as needed and on a regularly scheduled basis.

Job Responsibilities

• Able to work beyond the traditional 8-hour workday; available to work Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, to meet operational needs.
• Well services work is generally performed during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, occasionally on Saturday and or Sunday. Certain operations cannot, however, be completed during a single daylight period and must be continued without interruption, over several consecutive days. Such operations are referred to as “24-hour operations,” and require two or more shifts, crews, to operate the rig.
• Able to work at heights up to or greater than 50 feet.
• Dependability is imperative. Reporting for work at the prescribed location and time, dressed for deployment to work, is essential. Unauthorized absences will result in discipline up to and including employment termination.
• Performing maintenance services and repairs on oil and gas wells as part of a three-to-five-person crew.
• Lead the daily pre-job tailgate safety meetings and writing JHA’s.
• Inspecting and documenting all lift equipment on location including but not limited to derrick harness, lanyard, SRL’s, chains and cables, drill line and sand line.
• Rigging up and rigging down the workover Rig in a safe manner and performing/documenting post rig up inspections.
• Pulling and laying down Rods, Tubing and Casing by operating the rig controls.
• Guide and manage the rig crew daily.
• Aid in training and mentoring SSE employees and floor hands as needed.
• Aid Rig Manager in various tasks anywhere on the rig as directed by Rig Manager.
• Drive company vehicles such as the Crew pick-up truck and the Rig.
• Workshop and SWS Yard maintenance and repair work as required.
• Assist Steel Energy Services management personnel as required.
• Prepare rig tickets correctly and in a timely fashion to include correct pricing on rig rates, re-billable items, manage hours for crew members daily.
• Position the rig, raise, and lower the mast. Direct other crew members in rigging up guy-lines, various equipment, and tools; lift, remove, install, and operate wellhead, pumping units matting boards, tubing, rods, casing, rod strippers, polish rods, stripper heads and other production equipment in a manner consistent with safe operating procedures to perform the contracted services.
• Complies with the client’s and the company’s safe operating procedures. All activities are to be performed consistent with the company’s Safe Operating Procedures, to provide the maximum protection for all workers at the work site, the environment, the equipment; and complete the tasks efficiently.